--- urllib2.py.orig	Fri Jan 20 20:10:56 2006
+++ urllib2.py	Fri Jan 20 20:12:07 2006
@@ -1006,8 +1006,7 @@
         # XXX It might be better to extract the read buffering code
         # out of socket._fileobject() and into a base class.
 
-        r.recv = r.read
-        fp = socket._fileobject(r)
+        fp = r.fp
 
         resp = addinfourl(fp, r.msg, req.get_full_url())
         resp.code = r.status